live

If you're struggling to spell the word live, you're not alone. Our page provides the correct spelling, definition, and etymology of this word, along with a variety of sample sentences, idioms, and proverbs featuring live.

This word consists of 4 letters and is spelled as "L-I-V-E". It has 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

How do you spell live

Typo fix for "live"

live

verb

How to pronunciation live: ˈliv

What does Live Mean?

What does live meaning in English

1. Quick; not dead. If one man’s ox hurt another that he die, they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money. Bible Exod. xxi. 3
   
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3. Active; not extinguished. A louder sound was produced by the impetuous eruptions of the halituous flames of the saltpetre upon casting of a live coal upon it. Boyle.

Other definitions for live

The definition of 'live' is: to be alive : have the life of an animal or plant

How to spell live

Want to know how to spell live, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "live consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈliv".

Synonyms for live:

There are synonyms for live'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of live:

abide, dwell, reside

Some words similar to "live"

• milklivered
• liveliest
• relive
• oliver
• delivering
• liver
• outlived
• bliver
• olivet
• after-liver

Idioms with the word live

• Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• live out of a suitcase
• Live and learn

The word "live" in works of art

Who honors those we love with the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us, and at the same time, things that will never die to comfort us? Who teaches us what's real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend? Who chains us? And who holds the key that can set us free? It's you.

The Oresteia / Aeschylus

She had a perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.

Virginia Woolf / Mrs. Dalloway

Now I give praise to the gods, to the happy chance that led me here, to the way I live, and the god's own life that has made me what I am.

The Bacchae / Euripides

Greetings, my friends. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

Plan 9 from Outer Space / Ed Wood

We live, as we dream - alone.

Heart of Darkness / Joseph Conrad

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

The Hobbit / J.R.R. Tolkien

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.

Dream of the Red Chamber / Cao Xueqin

Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!

The Crucible / Arthur Miller

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?

Our Town / Thornton Wilder

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone / J.K. Rowling

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How many points in scrabble for live

How many points is the word "live" in Scrabble? Is "live" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word live is 7

English Relative Clauses

Relative clauses are clauses that provide additional information about a noun or pronoun in a sentence. They are introduced by relative pronouns such as "who," "whom," "whose," "which," and "that." For example, in the sentence "The woman who lives next door is a doctor," "who lives next door" is a relative clause that describes "the woman." Relative clauses can be restrictive, meaning they provide essential information, or non-restrictive, meaning they provide additional information but are not essential. Understanding how to use relative clauses can greatly improve your writing and speaking skills.